A wonderful introduction to the local culture in a warm inviting setting... Amazing hosts!

Andrea was a wonderful host for our cooking and dinner experience in Santiago. She welcomed us with a traditional Chilean drink, the pisco sour. We had plenty of fresh appetizers, made some delicious bread, and then ate trout with a cream sauce for dinner. We finished the night making crepes with a delicious caramel filling and fruit sauce. Throughout the experience, we learned about the Chilean culture and the city of Santiago. Although we wish we did more cooking during the experience, we had a great time, a delicious meal from start to finish, and learned a lot about Chile!

very good experience. just be mindfull that the class starts late so you will end around 11pm-12am. i would recommend to others

Wow!!!! This was more than a cooking class, and we can’t recommend this experience highly enough! When we arrived at her apartment, we were warmly greeted by Carol and Paulo. We started the afternoon with an appetizer of Pebre, a Chilean tomato and onion salsa served on melba toasts, just sitting, chatting, and munching. Then, Paulo took us into the kitchen, and showed us how to prepare the traditional Pisco Sour, which we enjoyed greatly. Before we arrived, Carol and I had discussed on “What’s App” that we would do a combination class of Chilean and Peruvian cooking to represent both Carol’s and Paulo’s nationalities and food heritages. We started with a Chilean main dish, Pastel de Choclo, which is like a Shepherd’s Pie, but the topping is made with starchy corn kernals removed freshly from the cob, creamed in a blender and cooked and stirred on the stove top until just the right consistency. The filling for Pastel de Choclo is a mixture of sauteed ground beef, chopped onions, spices, placed in an oven-proof dish, topped with the corn, and then baked in the oven. As we cooked, we took notes on the recipe steps so that we could replicate them back home and sipped on Chilean wine and beer. The next dish was a Peruvian “Papa a la Huancaina” which is a bed of butter lettuce, with boiled cold sliced potatoes, topped with a creamy, spicy, cheesy white sauce. Next was to enjoy the fruits of our labour at the dinner table with more wine and beer. We started with the Papa a la Huancaina, which was wonderful, then moved on to the fantastic Pastel de Choclo, and enjoyed a fresh tomato and onion salad. We spent the next couple of hours eating, drinking, talking about family and life in Chile, Peru and Canada. Before you knew it, it was getting late and time for us to return to our hotel and relax. As I mentioned in the title of the review, this was more than a cooking class. It was like visiting with family on a Sunday afternoon, and spending time cooking together. We arrived as strangers and left as new-found friends. Thanks again for your warm welcome, friendship and fun afternoon, Carol and Paulo.

Truly don't think words can describe how much our experience with Patricia and Enrique exceeded all my and my husband’s expectations. This was our first experience using Traveling Spoon so we honestly weren't really sure what to expect. The moment we got to their home, Patricia and Enrique, (and their adorable dog Kai) made us feel like family. It was like hanging out with your super fun and loving cousins all night who you've known for your entire lifetime. Sometimes people just have that quality about them that makes them so instantly warm and comforting to be around—Patricia and Enrique definitely have that quality as extraordinary hosts. Not only did my husband and I learn to cook traditional Chilean dishes, but we also shared equally amazing drink and conversation that together filled our hearts even more than it filled our stomachs. We left grateful, but also sad we couldn’t spend more time with them getting to know them and their culture better. That’s a good problem to have though, haha! We brought back memories of that evening that will stay with us for a lifetime, and we also bought the cookbook some of the recipes we made came out of, so we'll be able to share the recipes with our friends and family. We have Patricia and Enrique to thank for that experience. It's hard to imagine a Traveling Spoon experience ever beating our experience evening, but as first time customers I can confidently say my husband and I will seek out culinary experiences through Traveling Spoon in every country we visit.

We have done dozens of foot tours around the world and two members of our family are in the food industry so we can confidently say this is a brilliant food experience. Christian aka Chef Tatan is a fun, super well educated and experienced food professional who picked us from our hotel and took us to his beautiful 12th floor apartment in a lovely area of Santiago.Local history provided during the journey with his own personal perspectives made a for a interesting As a former professional chef and restaurant owner he has loads of experience and fun stories from around the world. You all get chance to prepare the meal after a drink on the balcony overlooking Santiago with tips on great traditional Chilean dishes with great wine pairings. There aren't many Tripadvisor reviews as that isn't his main source of business so don't be put off, he runs multiple corporate cooking experiences as well as for tourists. Overall - an experience not to miss